By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda
Naoya Inoue 118 vs. Nonito Donaire 117.75
(WBC, WBA, IBF bantamweight title bout)
Andy Hiraoka 140 vs. Shun Akaiwa 140
(WBO Asia Pacific, Japanese super-lightweight title bout)
Takuma Inoue 122 vs. Gakuya Furuhashi 122
(WBO Asia Pacific, Japanese super-bantamweight title bout)
Fight Venue: Saitama Super Arena
Promoter: Ohashi Promotions
I’m so stocked about this rematch, Donaire is an all time great and should hang the gloves up win of lose..
I still favour Inoue in this fight but may the best fighter win..
Sure no one will watching this fight. lol
Shame that a fight of this magnitude has almost no buildup in the USA. I can’t even find out what time it starts. A top 3 P4P killer against an all-time great killer who had a fight of the year already are fighting on Tuesday in Japan. Big mouth George and Huggie Bear Haney was never going to be as good a fight as this and it got all the hype. Joke.
Even when boxing was a mainstream sport here the flyweights and bantamweights got little attention probably because there were so few of them in the US. Dosen’t help that they have split them into weight classes for every three pounds.
The main card starts at 5:30 am eastern time and the main event should be around 8:00 am.
Thanks Mike. So 5 am pacific time Tuesday morning. Wonderful. Genius promoters.
They are. The arena will be jammed for this fight. More than what most American fighters can draw. The world is a bit bigger than the US and this is a fight that sell in the far east
Looks like I’ll be waking up early tomorrow morning. I’ll get the coffee ready.
Go donaire
Domo Arigato for this rematch.
The”Filipino Flash” will be ready to wage war….
Letssss gooooo Nonito!!!!!!!